PyCon 2018: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Hillel Wayne - Beyond Unit Tests: Taking Your Testing to the Next Level - PyCon 2018", hN commenters point to it as a concise, convincing case for better testing practice short of full formal methods.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2018–2023talkHN commenters point to it as a concise, convincing case for better testing practice short of full formal methods.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2023talkRecommended as a clear introduction to structured concurrency and as an explanation of subtle asyncio bugs that Trio avoids.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2021talkHN commenters recommend it as an approachable talk from a respected Python core developer on dataclasses.
Questions
Which PyCon 2018 video does Hacker News recommend most?
Hillel Wayne - Beyond Unit Tests: Taking Your Testing to the Next Level - PyCon 2018: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2018 and 2023.
Is this every PyCon 2018 video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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